Quite, Stephen. When my mother-in-law was tested for dementia last year, one of the questions the nurse asked was âWho is the Prime Ministerâ. I thought âBlimey, you need to have watched the news to be sure of that one!â
Comment is about ZAHAWI (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Itâs good that you give us these constant reminders, Stephen. We are all prone to âwar report fatigueâ.
Comment is about Letter from Ukraine (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Marvellous stuff.
Comment is about We moved house but left the tree behind (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Bloody âell, JD!! And me with an Energen roll and glass of PLJ for mi brekkie.
Comment is about Swiss Roll Family Robinson (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
A rich, solemn and ultimately joyful poem, HÊlène. I enjoyed it very much.
Comment is about Voyage of the Soul (in 2 parts) (blog)
Original item by HÊlène
A fine poem, JD.
Comment is about We moved house but left the tree behind (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Good one, John. When I first heard this story I struggled to remember he had been chancellor - there seem to have been so many.
Comment is about ZAHAWI (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A priceless poem, Stephen. I think I'll have some cake....
Comment is about Then, let them eat snowflake (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thank you, Uilleam. And thanks to New Shoes, KJ and K Lynn.
Comment is about Tchaikovsky (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Itâs not his fault, Kevin. Weâve failed him.
Likewise weâre waiting to binge series 3.
Comment is about FREE TOMMY LEE ROYCE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you for all your support Frederick.đ
Comment is about Red Brick Keshner (poet profile)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Too right, Uilleam!
And, yes, John we do! Although cheese & wine are OK to take to work đ¤¤
Comment is about Then, let them eat snowflake (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Ooh matron! What an eyeful đ
Comment is about SO FAR AND YET SO NEAR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Good to see you back on WOL Branwell with your little ditties.
Comment is about First Date 1986 (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Beautiful! Wonderful how the poem moves through the seasons as it explores the movements of love. Nuanced exposition & lovely imagery.
Loved this poem on love!
Comment is about Remember When...... (blog)
Original item by New Shoes
Thankyou, Uilleam. And for the Likes, Red Brick, Kevin, New Shoes, and Branwell.
Comment is about SO FAR AND YET SO NEAR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Do you ever cringe when you think about it?đ
Comment is about First Date 1986 (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
We've just re-watched series 1 & 2.
They were better than I remembered them.
We're waiting till all episodes are available before we start series 3.
Poor lad.. he's much misunderstood.
Comment is about FREE TOMMY LEE ROYCE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
this stinking, 'respectable' world of the empty self
So true.
Comment is about Sacred (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
A very difficult subject Stephen. Thanks for your efforts.
Comment is about Tchaikovsky (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Heh heh heh!
Gottle o geer! Gottle o geer! Gottle o geer!đ
Comment is about A Trip to the Dentist (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you, Uilleam. I wrote this in response to multiple appeals from various groups to cancel performances of Russian musical works in the West. I would draw some lines though: for instance, musicians or singers who are known to be close to the Russian government.
Tchaikovsky is a particular case because he was considered a rather 'European' composer and not a Russian nationalist. Likewise Stravinsky and Rachmaninov spent most of their careers abroad. But where do you stop? Is being 'Too Russian' a reason to be cancelled if you lived a century or more ago? I do not think so. Their culture has so much to offer.
Barenboim was (and still is) a force of nature who has done much good. Mind you, even as a Wagner fan, I realise how understandably sensitive this composer's presence is in Israel and I fully respect its people's reservations.
And thanks to Nigel, Frederick, Hugh and Stephen.
Comment is about Tchaikovsky (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you so much for your kind comment, Grace.
Comment is about Parachutes (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
We need the government to protect us from ourselves, Stephen!
Comment is about Then, let them eat snowflake (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thank you for the comments. Much appreciated.
JHđ
Comment is about Masterclass (blog)
Original item by Jonathan Humble
Be careful, Uilleam. And donât try to talk.
https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=9746
Comment is about OH, THE PAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I've got some appointments coming up, entirely my neglectful fault...somehow got pork scratchings in the pub mixed up with my 5-a-day regime...ruined my fillings.đ
Comment is about OH, THE PAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you HÊlène for some excellent advice.
"Seeing events unfold as if scenes in a play"
....looking from a distance to get things in perspective is important...especially in these dark winter days, when it seems the world has literally taken leave of its senses.
Comment is about Life as Play (blog)
Original item by HÊlène
Thanks Stephen and Uilleam! Very kind of you both. A small poem about real love.
Thanks also to Jordyn, Frederick, Holden, K Lynn, Hugh, Uilleam and HÊlène for reading my words and clicking 'like', Much appreciated!
Comment is about Lazing By The Well (blog)
Original item by Tom
They're going to ban buns at work.
It's your fault they're lying in the street for an hour waiting for an ambulance...
It's your fault they're overweight, needing hospital beds that were never there in the 1st place.
More gaslighting, to distract from their own corrupt shenanigans!
Comment is about Then, let them eat snowflake (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Rishi Sunak in December...: âNo, I did not attend any parties.â
After the non-parties:
âThe Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer have today received notification that the Metropolitan police intend to issue them with fixed penalty noticesâ.
Sunak's 1st speech as PM:
ââŚand I understand too, that I have work to do, to restore trust, after all that has happenedâŚ.blah blah blah blahâŚIntegrity, Professionalism, AccountabilityâŚ..â
A man of his word!đ
Comment is about Rishi Sunak âA fine poemâ (blog)
Original item by hugh
Well, if you're Irish, "Tree" is a crowd.đ
Comment is about Tree's a crowd (blog)
Original item by Kevin Vose
Sadness and beauty so well expressed: I love those last few lines.
Comment is about So Long (blog)
Original item by Kristian Deidre Brown
And then the sun came outđ
Comment is about Hope Revisited (blog)
Original item by Ralph Dartford
With self-serving ambivalence
A game of blame, one upping
Teeth gleaming, posing for a press cutting.
Bravo Jake.
I've always been a Labour voter by instinct.
So when Blair first came on the scene with his teeth gleaming, I sussed him out right away.
Sad truth is, Starmer now at Davos, doesn't represent the "working classes", the nurses at foodbanks, or the cleaners in our railway stations...he's just the other cheek of the same arse which has been dumping on the UK for the past 12 years.
Try:
"Cruel Britannia, Britannia waives the rules...."
or
"Gruel Britannia, Britannia plays us fools..."
đ
Comment is about Rule Britannia (blog)
Original item by Jake Burke
Added. a few words to the title thanks to your inspiration Stephenđ
Comment is about Rishi Sunak âA fine poemâ (blog)
Original item by hugh
Letâs not be bound by origins,
For culture is universal.
Very true.
Your poem brings to mind the hypocrisy which saw the great Daniel Barenboim condemned as a "Self-Hating Jew" for conducting Wagner's work, and for his involvement with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a project which grouped together Arab and Israeli musicians.
Comment is about Tchaikovsky (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I love how hopeful this is! đ
Comment is about Parachutes (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I wasn't aware such a book existed.
Remember the fuss we in the UK made over South African Apartheid?
That could well have been written there....
or here...Signs on UK boarding houses: "No Negros, no Irish, no Dogs.....etc".
Comment is about Green Book (blog)
It's strange how the sudden, even brief, presence of a bird (or any other creature) can have such an impact, HÊlène. I love the way that your last line expands the poem.
Comment is about A Quiet Visitor While Sitting in the Patio (blog)
Original item by HÊlène
This is a genuinely beautiful and tender poem. Thank you.
Comment is about gentle wind (blog)
Original item by lon
Thanks for reminding me, Uilleam. I must watch this.
Comment is about Green Book (blog)
A fine poem, Hugh (his second in a year!).
Comment is about Rishi Sunak âA fine poemâ (blog)
Original item by hugh
julie callaghan
Tue 24th Jan 2023 09:31
Brilliant Stephen put a smile on my lips and an inch on my hips! Crem dela crem đ°
Comment is about Then, let them eat snowflake (blog)
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